From the Guardian: India’s prime minister, Manmohan Singh, has made an election campaign pledge to claw back more than $100bn (£68bn) of cash stashed abroad
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Tax Justice Network: Gordon Brown’s indecent love affair. Worth reading – as is the John Kay argument that inspired it.

TJN reports an attempt at the round world cycling circumnavigation record. It’s not being done for charity. It is promoting TJN as one of four
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Hansard reported a debate that took place last Thursday on the British Overseas Territories. The following is an edited selection from that debate: Sir John
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I noted from the Daily Telegraph this morning that Michael Caine will be leaving the UK as a result of the 50% tax rate. The
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The FT says: Swiss and US officials will meet in Bern on Tuesday for their first talks on a new tax treaty after Switzerland asked
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The FT. reports that: Sir Win Bischoff has emerged as a possible candidate to take over the chairmanship of UK Financial Investments, the government body
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The FT says: Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin Money has revived its interest in a potential purchase of the healthiest parts of Northern Rock, the mortgage
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As the Guardian has reported: Worker representatives should sit on company boards as part of a wide-ranging revamp of the way big companies are run
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